The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
The Preach pr and the Tramp.
A 81 pry and It's
Lessor p.
Shall European Pauperism Take
Permanent t Root In the Soil
Of the Republici
What the Re !. Ayron v. Reed Of
Denver Thinks About the
Natter.

Text Proverbs 1; ls: 'sThe destruction O
the poor II theif poverty"
Blessed il he that considers the poor. !
save David. Not simply looks at them
but considers them; thst is. weigh
them. What 10 the reason Of poverty
Whist is the relief THE cause that
knew not ! scar fched out" saws Job.
am at home playing with the chill.
dren. The chilhren are fat and lively
We are waiting for dinner, not uncer.
tainly. The evidence Of things unseen
is borne In from the kitchen. The sub.
stance Of things hoped for is broiliug.
The door bell rings --not the sh or
peremptory signal OF the letter. or OF the
dun, but II Is feeble. dubious ring. The
door Is opened and enters the tramp"
am In the presence Of reality.
look him over. His coat is pInued to.
gether at the neck. His CATERS look as
il at sometime they had been worn by
a minister. They have gwen out at the
side and run down at the heel. He has
strip Of red flaunel aroun his neck.
He las not 90. cold, but cold has got
hin by the throat aud BY the lungs. He
seems 10 he fnfl Of chinka and the
weather has beaten in on him and
whistled through b him. I listen to his
story. He is from Great Falls, New
Hampshire, a + actory town. He has
smelt oil aud bfeathed cotton fuzz g yer
since he was eight years old. 1t is
against the law for ch lid under four.
teen to work in the factory, but the labor
of this child was nee 's,srv to the sup.
port Of the family. So the law is charit-
aole and permits it. He has made his
way here somehow. He wants work.
will shovel coal, do anything. ! have
to tell him that wherever coal is shov.
eled there are men ahead of him.
I don't think he is strong enough for
miner, his life iu factory has made
him feeble. His muscles are paper
twine. good enough for doing up email
parcels of yarn, but not good enough for
a pick. Division OF labor has fitted him
10 do one thing we'll and unified him
for ANYTHING else. Al his life has gone
to learn to do one thing. and now all he
has to show fcrIi. is a discharge.
I can remember when every village
had shops where the whole Of a thing
was made. A man made wagon. or an
az, or horseshoe. Now man in q big
shop, in big city. only makes piece Of
thing, the twentieth part Of thing.
He is fitted to do that, but alone he is
not able to make the whole Of a thing.
He is only z ,od in combination. Alone
he is helpless. Suppo,s dray horse
out Of Job should apply at Jewell
Park for position as a quarter horse.
Maud s. is not good for street-car pur.
poses. The race horse is result of the
breeding Of centuries. 1t requires ages
to make sheep deg into a shepherd
dog. He cannot change works with q
pointer. To fit this factory hand for the
factory untitled him for anything else,
To surrender one special skill and
learn another requires time; without
food q man will starvs in nine Jays
Nine days is not enough time to learn a
new trade. Itis in IN liking the transi
ton from one kind of labor to another
that man becomes a tramp. Even to
saw wood for wages requires prsctice
there is a skill in taat. even in the ar
Of chopping, and of plain saving. Does
not man becbme chronic tramp as
he becomes an invalid, as shoes weal
out gradually He asks for work aud
he does not get 1t he asks for food, al
first with relu ctance, bntit is easier the
second time. He hardens to the bust
ness. The hand of little employment
hath the daintier sense" look at m,
visitor. He is dirty, uncombed. un
pleasant to evsrysense. The wear and
the soil Of the long road and of strapg,
lodginS-houses are heavy upon him
think detect the odor Of Jail abou
him. But no W soon without repair on
Of us will run down. You know no,
you think you look after long journe,
YOU know how YOU think you feel
The outward man has relation to tn
inner. The slouch and shuttle and un
manly front OF the tramp is not necesss
rily because Of . lack of heart. Tn
lack of shirt twiliaccountfor It Gsorg
Washington in continental coat, cuff
waist coat, knee breeches, silver buckle
and frills and powdered hair. fronts th
world with dignity. But let him Q,
change rsiment with the tramp, and tn
father Of his country will not be recos
nized BY his child. Oh, no; he will b
gin to shirk and shuttle, and &C. benin,
himself. He will stand uneasilv an
rub the top Of one foot with the heel
the other. Array yourself in stvlis
4. garments aud visit fashionable waite
; ing place. and mark vour reception b
the hotel clerk. Then 20 into the woot
: for . few weeks. and some fine mornir
I clad in old blue shirt. torn corduro.
;; and moccasins. unshsved and uncombe
appear upon the scene. The template
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